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$100-million awarded to health data platform founded by St. Michael’s Hospital physicians in Canada’s new AI strategy

A national health data platform founded by two St. Michael’s Hospital physicians is part of Canada’s new federal AI Strategy announced by Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday.

The health data platform – called VITAL – will receive up to $100-million in federal funding to expand the Ontario-based platform across the country as part of the government’s highly anticipated strategy described as ‘AI for All.” That builds on previously awarded funding from federal, provincial and institutional sources that totaled $110 million, bringing the project’s full funding to over $210 million, a landmark investment in health data innovation for Canada.

June 4, 2026

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U of T and partner hospitals are improving patient care with new data tools

An example of the innovation made possible by the hospital network’s ecosystem is GEMINI. The GEMINI research network at St. Michael’s Hospital, part of Unity Health Toronto, deploys a data and analytics platform that leverages the rich information in hospital computer records to generate insights about how health care is delivered, informing changes that improve the patient experience while supporting the system.

Over the past five years, the project has grown from a TAHSN-based innovation to an initiative that is helping the Government of Ontario improve health care at hospitals across the province.

November 24, 2023

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Unity Health awarded more than $7 million in CIHR funding for research projects

Fourteen Unity Health investigators have been awarded grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for their research projects, totaling more than $7 million in federal funding.

CIHR released the funding as part of their Spring 2023 Project Grant competition. This program funds projects with the greatest potential to advance health care, health systems and health outcomes.

The funded Unity Health projects investigate a wide range of critical issues and span all areas of research, including social-cultural, health systems and service delivery, biomedical and clinical research.

August 29, 2023

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Ontario doctors say AI use will improve health care

Ontario doctors expect health care will improve and it will be easier to detect patient health changes with the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.

The Ontario Medical Association (OMA) held an online news conference Wednesday to outline how AI technology has been introduced into some areas of health care and how bigger changes are on the way.

September 1, 2023